Heating attachment for tanks or reservoirs.



C. S. ARNOLD & J. E. KINNER. HEATING ATTACHMENT ma TANKS 0R ansnavoms. APPLICATION TILED APB.22, 1910.

1,031,226. Patented July 2,1912.

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APPLICATION FILED APR.22,1910.

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' TREATING ITTACH'MEN'I FOR TANKS OR 'RESEBV'OIRS.

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' Patented July 2, 1912.

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and Julius E. Knmnn, -"citizens' of the- United States, residing at Chautauqua and Rochester, respectively, in the counties of Chautauqua and Monroe and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Heating Attachment-s for Tanks/or Reservoirs; and we dohereby declare the followin to be a full, clear, and exact description 0 the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to'which it appertains tomake and use the same.

Our invention relates to new and useful improvements in heating attachments for tanks or reservoirs and our object is to rovide means for conveying the water om thetank-through a coil and discharging the same at'the upper end of the tank.

A further object is to provide means for heating the water as it passes through the coil.

A further object is to provide a chamber and divide the same into two compartments for the intake andoutlet of'thewater.

A further object is to provide means for attaching the heating arrangement to a tank.

A further object is to provide means for collecting the sediment contained in the water, and, i

A still further object is to provide means for readily removing the sediment when desired.

Other objects and advantages will be hereinafter referred to and more particularly pointed out in the specification and claim.

In the accompanying drawings which are lar reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, A indicates the chamber, which is substantially L shaped and is divided into two compartments a and Z by means of a partition wall a, which partition extends through the vertical portion of the chamber. The chamber A is provided with tubular projections b and c, the ends of which are preferably threaded' to receive unions 6 and 0 said unions engaging opposite ends of acoiled projection b communicates with the com-' pertinent-l, the projection b being in a plane above the projection 0, whereby the water flowing through the coiled pipe will be required to flow upwardly. Immediately below 'the projection c, the chamber A is deepened to form a sediment chamber 7' and by causing the water to flow upwardly in passing through the coil, the sediment will more readily collect in the sediment chamber. The end of thechamber A adjacent the sediment chamber is also provided with a projection e, to which is attached any suitable form of waste'cock f and by means of which the sediment may .be withdrawn from the chamber A. The upwardly projecting end of the-chamber A is reduced in size to form a shoulder a and above said shoulder, the exterior-portion is provided with threads d, by means of which the chamber A is attached to the bottom of a tank or reservoir C.

Above the threaded portion d, the upwardlyprojecting portion of the chamber 1.

terminates in an interiorly threaded neck h, the partition wall a is so spaced from one side of the threaded portion d as to form a passage k, through which the water enters a compartment (1 of the chamber A. Entered in the upper end of the neck 11. is a pipe 6, which extends upwardly in the tank C to a point adjacent the upper end thereof, whereby the heated water will be discharged in the upper portion of the tank.

The water is entered into the tank C and conveyed to a point adjacent the lower end thereof through a pipe 0, which pipe connects at its upper end with a feed pipe n and by extending the pipe 0 through the heated portion of the water in the upper end of the tank, the water in said pipe 0 will be more or less heated before being discharged from the lower end thereof. The upper end of the tank C is provided with a connection m, through which the water may be drawn from the tank and in view of the fact that the heated water is lighter than the cold water and naturally rises thereabove, the heated Water may be drawn from the tank at any time.

Depending from the chamber A is an interiorly threaded socket g, to which any suitable form of burner .(not shown), such as gas, oil or gasolene may be attached, the products of combustion from which will come in direct contact with the chamber and coil and thoroughly heat the water while passing through saidv chamber and coil. After the fire has been started under the tank and the water in the coil and chamber becomes heated, it will rise through the pipe 2' and be discharged into the upper end of the tank C and as the water starts to flow through the pipe, the cold water will feed through the passage is into the compartment a, thence through the coiled pipe B and into the compartment 1, the water in its passage through the coil being thoroughly heated in view of the circuitous passage of the water. As the heated water is discharged into the upper end of the tank, the water in the pipe 1 0 will become more or less heated as it travels therethrough and by discharging the cooler water into the tank at a point adjacent the bottom thereof, it will pass directly into the chamber A through the passage is without arising to the upper end of the tank. It will further be seen that by placing the waste cock f at the end of the chamber A, said cock will be beyond the flame from the burner, so that the sediment can be drawn off from the chamber at any time most convenient and without affecting the products of combustion. It will further be seen that the length of the coil may be increased or decreased to accommodate the same to tanks of various dimensions without in any manner affecting the operation of the device.

What we claim 1s:-

A heating attachment for hot water tanks comprising a coil, a substantial L-sha d chamber, the vertical arm of said cham r being divided into an up er and a-lower compartment by a vertical y extending central wall, said upper compartment terminating some distance above said lower compartment and having an inlet openin at the bottom to receive the inner end of the coil and an outlet pipe secured at the top thereof, said lower compartment having an inlet opening at the upper end of the vertical portion thereof, the lower wall of the horizontal portion of the lower compartment being disposed downwardly and outwardly at an angle from the top wall thereof, the free end of the horizontal portion of the lower compartment having an outlet opening at the bottom thereof and a second outlet opening above said first outlet opening, to receive the outer end of the C011, and means on the horizontal portion of the lower compartment of said chamber for support ing a burner.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CLAUDE S. ARNOLD. JAMES E. KINNER. Witnesses:

ELLEN E. Pownns, HARRIET L. McCoY. 

